House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015
Sponsor: Rep. Bill Shuster R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2015
- Committee actionFeb 12, 2015
- Passed HouseMar 4, 2015 · 316–101
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 9, 2015 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 749.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 749, Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015” on February 25, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on February 12, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 25, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49969
- CBO publication date
- February 25, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 749, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/749
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-30 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on February 26, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 26, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/30
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 749, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/749
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SHUSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 20, February 5, 2015, Page H856):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 3 (related to regulation of Commerce among the several States).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 5, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 139 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 749, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/749
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
12 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 12 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mimi Walters (R-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Shuster.
- H.R. 3996 (114th) Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015, Part II
- H.R. 3236 (114th) Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015
- H.R. 3819 (114th) Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015
- H.R. 2353 (114th) Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015
- H.R. 3614 (114th) Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2015
- H.R. 4721 (114th) Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2016
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.